A few days ago ShureleeUJest’s blog had a picture of Barack Obama
without his hand over his heart during the “Star Spangle Banner” with references
to his patriotism and his worthlessness as commander-in-chief.
I knew this was untrue, because the incident never made MSM.
As as I normally do to correct the myths, distortions, and outright
lies I waited for documentation.
In the future I hope Mr. Obama finds the flag and gives the proper
respect. I know I have been at events where it took me sevral
minutes to find the flag.
The Facts
The photograph was taken on September 16, 2007, at Senator Tom Harkin's annual steak fry festivities in Iowa, an important ritual for Democratic presidential hopefuls. Contrary to the e-mails attacking Obama for disrespecting the flag, the candidates were not reciting the pledge of allegiance. They were standing for the national anthem.
As far as we can ascertain, the photograph first appeared in Time Magazine on October 1. Visit Time's website for a larger version. It was then picked up by the NewsBusters blog (Motto: "Exposing and Combating Liberal Media Bias"), and from there made its way into all those in-boxes.
To his credit, the NewsBusters blogger does not try to pretend that the photograph had anything to do with the pledge of allegiance. Instead he cites Title 36 or the U.S. Code, which states the following:
During a rendition of the national anthem, when the flag is displayed (A) all present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart; (B) men not in uniform should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold the headdress at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart;
By that standard, everybody in the picture (Obama, Richardson, were not facing the flag.
***, Washing tonPost Fact Checker******
I was going to post a couple of pictures of Barack
facing the flag and hand over heart but you get the
picture (no pun intended).
So posting from right –wing blogs trying to pass for facts?
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Trust but verify
Ronald Reagan
Truth is generally the best vindication against slander
Abe Lincoln
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Ahhh...the double-edged combination of the Internet and Adobe Photoshop. My ex-monster in law send me stuff like that.
November 9, 2007 at 11:51 a.m.The only thing that really bothers me is that there are stupid people who believe this crap. They believe in the absolute truth of what is on, say, snopes.com.
And they vote! "Oh, the horror! The horror!"
Keep "poking the bear" - its soooo entertaining.
And it will stay in it's rightful place. lol
November 2, 2007 at 3:54 p.m.Thanks ShawnClark.
And, since SUJ was kind enough to delete it from his blog, I'll repost this here:
November 2, 2007 at 3:11 p.m.Obama's not the only one who doesn't know where to put his hand during the anthem:
Yes,but I will leave Shurelee's posting showing I am not afraid of a rebuttal or differant view point.
November 2, 2007 at 3:10 p.m.That's what a blog or forum is all about.
Hey Redrage00 does Spurs have anyone that can keep up with T-Mac? lol
If you did ,it was after you deleted my comments for disagreeing with your point of view.
November 2, 2007 at 1:22 p.m.I never went back to your Blog
Nevertheless good for you,you stood up but my blog offered you as a reference point.
Cheap shot ? Perhaps the quotes ,evidently you had good intentions.
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Of course what you failed to mention was that as soon as I was aware of the facts, I acknolwedged it on the blog post. Cheap shot Mike, but about what I'd expect from a dedicated liberal troll!
November 2, 2007 at 1:10 p.m.